REVERSION TO ECQ UNLIKELY PANGASINAN, with 83 active COVID-19 cases as of July 29, has not reached the critical zone so it is very unlikely that it would be reverted to Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) status. Based on the zoning containment classification strategy released by the National Task Force for…
THE director of the Region 1 Medical Center in Dagupan City has made an appeal to local chief executives in Pangasinan to review or revisit present provisions of quarantine measures and seek to strengthen these to address the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the province. Dr. Joseph Roland Mejia…
R1MC director to mayors: Enforce health protocols strictly
OF the 6,856 repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from Region 1 that have returned, 3,905 are from Pangasinan. This was bared by Gerardo Rimorin, regional director of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Region 1, during the Virtual KBP Forum last Thursday. Other OFW returnees were 1,191 from La Union,…
3,905 OFWs return, 8 tested positive
THE Pangasinan Police Provincial Office at Camp Antonio Sison was on lockdown starting July 17 for disinfection after 15 policemen tested positive in their Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction test for COVID-19. P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, police provincial director, said all the 15 policemen, except one who was suffering from a…
15 cops test positive with COVID-19
POLICE checkpoints and control points will still continue even if Pangasinan has already transitioned to Modified General Community Quarantine. P/Colonel Redrico Maranan, police provincial director, told the Virtual KBP Forum on Thursday, it will continue because the checkpoints and border control points are strong deterrents not only against violators of…
Police to maintain checkpoints, control points
THE number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pangasinan since the start of the contagion has ballooned to 219 as of July 31, 2020, 76 of whom considered active and still confined but notably, there has been a high rate of recovery among positive cases. To date, 133 have recovered, 11 died…
More COVID-19 cases expected from testing
FLOODING IN CENTRAL PANGASINAN — A government official inspects a portion of the Marusay River along Barangay Banaoang in Calasiao town to assess the volume of water lily that accumulated and blocking the flow of floodwater from upstream. The area was identified as one of the causes of flooding in central Pangasinan. (Punchphoto…
FLOODING IN CENTRAL PANGASINAN
(As of July 30, 2020 (9AM) COVID-19) Recovered – 125 Confined – 84 Died – 10 Total Confirmed Cases – 219 Pangasinan – 184 Dagupan City – 35 NEW CONFIRMED CASE (July 29, 2020) 35 y/o male from Anda SUSPECTS OR PATIENTS UNDER INVESTIGATION (PUI) Recovered – 628…
COVID-19 MONITORING REPORT IN PANGASINAN
THE first confirmed COVID-19 case in Villasis town is a 45-year old-male from Barangay Bacag who arrived from Valenzuela City where he works. Villasis Mayor Nonato Abrenica said the 45-year-old arrived in his barangay on July 11, went to a private hospital near Villasis for medical consultation on July 17…
First COVID-19 case in Villasis
THE Sual municipal government has unveiled its COVID-19 pandemic recovery plan endorsed jointly by the Municipal Development Council and the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. Mayor Liseldo “Dong” Calugay, who led the formulation of the plan, said it will serve as the blueprint for the strategy to be…